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Spotlight on ADANA

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Published on Sunday, 04 January 2015

This months spotlight feature is going to be on US! Yes that's right! Our charity ADANA is celebrating 25 years since it's official constitution in 1990.

I'm not going to ramble on about how the organisation was started, you can find that information in numerous back issues of the newsletter and also in the front of the ADANA cook book! I would like us all to look forward...

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Trouble with December's Newsletter

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Published on Thursday, 04 December 2014

We had trouble getting our newsletters sent out this month and, to date, only 85 have been sent (update: as of 6 December there have been 196 succesfully sent). We are now changing to a new system called MailChimp and it is asking that we confirm the validity of all the email addresses in the newsletter list and that we also get confirmation from those with valid email addresses that they wish to continue to receive the newsletter.

A visit from the Estepona Scouts

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Published on Monday, 01 December 2014

ADANA firmly believes that education is a vitally important part of our job. Teaching people, particularly children, about animal welfare and the benefits of spaying or neutering your pet can only help the long term situation of abandoned and ill treated animals here in Spain. To this end, we are happy to visit local schools and groups to spread the message and also encourage planned visits to the shelter.

Spotlight on Fundraising

Fundraising is possibly the most essential part of ADANA'S work. Without it we would not be able to help the thousands of dogs that have passed through and will continue to pass through the shelter.

It costs approximately €8,000 every single month to keep the shelter open and provide care for the dogs.

We do not receive any financial help from local government or the town hall - every cent we receive is obtained through fundraising.

We have a fundraising group made up of volunteers, whose job is to come up with new and interesting ways of raising money, as well as organising and co-ordinating all events. At the October meeting they set out their plan for the coming year, ideally one event a month and then at subsequent monthly meetings they will start to bring each one together.

ADANA's Online Shop

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Published on Saturday, 01 November 2014

Volunteers Michele and Amanda have recently launched an online shop which can be accessed through Facebook. The aim of the shop is to sell donated new and quality pre-owned items with all proceeds going directly to ADANA.

Michele says that in this technological age online shops, particularly those selling secondhand goods, are extremely popular and an excellent way of raising funds.

Update on building works at the shelter

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Published on Thursday, 02 October 2014

We reported last November that the Estepona Town Hall had begun extensive works at the shelter. These works are essential in order to meet the standards required to obtain the Nucleo Zoologico, the vital operating licence the we must have in order to be fully compliant with the law.

Work has been slow but at last we can see the improvements to the outside pens. The pens to the right have been levelled and concreted with steps going up to the runs. A perimeter fence has been erected, concreted at the base to stop the dogs from escaping (let's see if it can keep Sherlock the escape artist in!).

The Pointer Clinic

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Published on Wednesday, 01 October 2014

ADANA prides itself on giving every dog in our care, any medical treatment that it may need. Our on site vet, Friederike Dohrmann is fabulous and works tremendously hard, however she does not have a fully equipped veterinary surgery at her disposal, x rays and certain operations need to be done elsewhere.

So with two recent arrivals both needing x rays on problem limbs, one of our volunteers was tasked with a trip to the Pointer Clinic in Estepona. Megan and Caeser both had old injuries upon admission into the shelter. After initial treatment and checks by our vet it was decided that x rays would be required to identify the exact nature of the problems and therefore find more effective treatment.

Awaiting Adoption

Flight Buddies Needed

We have been successful in getting a number of our dogs adopted by people in northern European countries but need help getting the adopted dogs to their new homes and are looking for people travelling to those countries to help us by becoming "flight buddies".read more...

Sponsor an ADANA Dog

Love dogs but can't give one a forever home? Why not sponsor one of our dogs or give sponsorship as a gift?read more...